Michael Janda

Michael Janda is the ABC's online business reporter, writing for ABC News and producing stories by the ABC’s other business journalists for the web.

Michael started working at the ABC in February 2008 as the inaugural business and finance cadet, and has already reported for radio news, radio current affairs, Lateline Business and the Midday Report.

He has also filled in as a producer on the Australia Network’s Business Today program and Lateline Business.

Before joining the ABC, Michael was the winner of the Race Mathews Young Writers Award for an opinion piece about land taxation, and spent a month in London at a policy think-tank as part of his prize.

Michael holds a Bachelor of Economics and Social Sciences (Honours I) from the University of Sydney, and completed his honours thesis on the topic of how government policies affect land price inflation and housing affordability.